Driving on AMWS business — grab lorries and tippers under the Goods Vehicle Operator's Licence, and the van fleet used to reach sites. The fatigue dimension is assessed in RA_HO_18 Fatigue Management.
This assessment is numbered in the home and office series but its subject is field and fleet operations. Its classification is flagged for the September 2026 Management Review to decide where it properly belongs.
Public roads, customer and operational sites, the AMWS yard and customer premises.
| Hazard | Existing controls | Initial | Additional controls | Residual | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S | L | R | S | L | R | |||
| Road traffic collision | Driving licence checks held by Leanne Mason; POL_HSQE_25 Use of Company Vehicles; in-cab telematics across the fleet; SOP 8.13 Driving; vehicle maintenance regime under the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995 O-Licence | 4 | 2 | 8 | Driving for work — fatigue and distraction toolbox talk, September 2026; telematics exception reports reviewed weekly by Aaron Mason rather than only when something goes wrong. Driving remains the highest-severity routine risk in the business and does not reduce to low — the residual is accepted at medium and actively monitored | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Driver fatigue on long days, early starts or emergency call-out | Drivers' hours rules observed; telematics; the RA_HO_18 control set — 11-hour daily rest, 9-hour driving day except in emergency, maximum 1-in-4 on-call frequency, rest day after a night call-out over four hours | 4 | 2 | 8 | Controls held in RA_HO_18 and not duplicated here; weekly hours review by Aaron Mason | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Distraction from mobile phone use while driving | Hands-free requirement in POL_HSQE_25, with disciplinary consequence for handheld use; telematics records harsh events | 4 | 2 | 8 | Reinforced in the September 2026 toolbox talk. No expectation that a driver answers a call while driving — calls go to voicemail and are returned at the next stop, and that expectation is stated by the Directors rather than assumed | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Vehicle defect or roadworthiness failure | Daily walkaround checks by the driver; planned maintenance and inspection regime under the O-Licence; driver defect reporting to the Site Supervisor | 3 | 2 | 6 | Defect reports closed out with a recorded date so the audit trail from report to rectification is complete | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Adverse weather — ice, standing water, high wind on grab work | Journey timing flexed; SOP 8.13; the Site Supervisor decides whether a job proceeds | 3 | 2 | 6 | Winter driving covered in the December 2026 cold-weather toolbox talk; journeys deferred in severe conditions on the Site Supervisor's decision, recorded in the job notes | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Driver medical fitness or eyesight deteriorating between licence checks | Licence checks held by Leanne Mason; HGV drivers medically examined at the intervals DVLA requires | 3 | 2 | 6 | Annual self-declaration of fitness to drive and eyesight filed alongside the licence check record (Leanne Mason, from the next licence check round) | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Load security failure on grab and tipper work | Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 requirements; load security checked before moving off; Jason May supervises loading at the yard | 4 | 2 | 8 | Load-security confirmation recorded as a line on the daily walkaround check rather than relying on habit | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Breakdown on the highway | Breakdown cover in place; high-visibility clothing carried in every vehicle; vehicle first aid kits held in three fleet vehicles and checked monthly (APP_18) | 3 | 2 | 6 | None required — cover, high-visibility provision and kit are adequate for the fleet size and the routes driven | 2 | 2 | 4 |
Road traffic safety draws on ISO 39001. Referenced undated so a new edition does not force a re-issue — the editions actually held are listed in APP_02 Section 3.
This document is maintained under AMWS's continuous-compliance model. Substantive revisions are reviewed and signed off by the Directors at the standing weekly Director / HSQE compliance call (Sean Ashton, Onyx + Leanne Mason). Currency, cross-references and minor edits are checked at the monthly Onyx site visit. The annual Management Review (September) provides the strategic-level confirmation. Compliance is therefore continuous, not gated on a single annual meeting.